Well……here we all are at chapter 21………I have one thing of slight importance to say regarding this fic……..but I reckon that wait to the end……so lets just get on with this thing shall we?……
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic and co. they are owned by SEGA. I do however own Vixen and Orbin……….and for the record…..if I did own Sonic and co……I would have put blaze in Sonic riders……..and several other games as well…….blaze rocks..
Chapter 21: It's All In The Mind
He had passed by the rabbit's house many times before, but never had he actually entered it. He stood at the door, trying to listen for anything. The only thing he could hear were muffled voices and the occasional laugh. So he assumed everyone was having a good time. He knocked on the door a few times. The voices became silent, and Manic could then hear footsteps. The door unlatched and opened. Revealing a very happy bunny rabbit
"Hey…you're here….great" cried Cream
"Hey everyone…Manic's here" Cream continued.
All the others that were in the house greeted Manic. Orbin and Vixen were there, along with Amy, Sonic. And one other that Manic didn't recognise. But that was soon to change. Cream had grabbed Manic by the wrist and pulled him into the house. And in front of the unknown figure.
"Manic….meet my mother"
"So…….you are the one who saved my daughter from the bullies" Vanilla said happily
"Well…….yeah" Manic said slightly embarrassed "but to be fair…she saved me as well."
"oh yes….I know all about that….Cream has told me all about it………..well…..don't be standing there all day…there are plenty of places to relax…..why don't you sit down?"
"Huh?...oh….yeah"
Manic sat on a couch, in between Cream and Vixen, also Orbin. Who was in Cream's lap. Which Manic noticed quickly
"hey Orbin….looks like Cream has taken a liking to you in your bear suit huh?...I bet she thinks you're cute?"
Orbin turned his head and faced Manic
"She won't let go of me"
Manic mentally laughed at Orbin
"Oh shut up Manic"
"I'm never going to let you forget this"
Orbin just sighed. And started a conversation with Cream.
Manic listened to everyone else. Amy and Vanilla were deep in conversation, with Tails listening. Occasionally adding things into the conversation when relevant. He looked back over to Cream. Who was now having a full conversation with Orbin……which was soon joined by Vixen…..to which the conversation soon turned into laughter and several weird looking dances by Orbin. Manic thought it would be best if he kept out of that conversation. He turned to Sonic. He was looking at Tails. Until he noticed Manic looking at him. Sonic quickly tiled his head towards Tails as if to indicate something. Manic had no idea what Sonic was thinking. So he gave Sonic a 'give me a moment' type of hand gesture
Manic caught Orbin's attention who somehow scrambled from Cream's lap, over Vixen's and into Manic's
"What is it" asked Orbin
"I need you to help me link to Sonic" replied Manic
"Uh…ok Manic"
Manic grabbed the teddy which contained Orbin and held tight
Manic closed his eyes and concentrated….and just as he did with Amy….he sent his thoughts to Sonic
"Sonic…can you hear me"
Sonic looked at Manic….who opened his eyes and looked at him with a questioning look
Sonic nodded…unsure of what was going on
"Just think what you wanna say Sonic………it's telepathic communication" said Manic
"Uh…..can you hear me?" asked Sonic
"Sure can bro……..what were you trying to tell me before?"
"Huh?...oh…yeah….Tails"
"Tails……what about him?"
"Look at him……he actually looks happy"
"Yeah……he does actually" came a voice that was neither Sonic's or Manic's
Both knew the voice…..they turned to Amy….who was no longer talking to Vanilla. Tails had taken her place and was talking to her
"Amy!...how can you do this as well"
"Well...Manic taught me obviously" Amy thought with a mean tone
"...whatever...what exactly did you say to Tails when I left his secret garden?"
"Secret garden?" asked Amy inquisitively "what secret garden"
"I'll show you later Amy" said Manic "anyway……I told Tails I could help him get over his little depression problem"
"You are…….when" asked Amy
"I was actually thinking of doing it now really"
"Uh…Manic……how exactly are you going to help him" asked Sonic
"I know a little trick" replied Manic "I just need to get Tails comfortable and alone"
"Alone…..well……..I'll try and get everyone outside then" said Amy as she got up from the chair she was sitting in and dashed upstairs
"I wonder where she went" asked Cream confused….her question was soon answered as Amy came back down holding a black and white ball
"Who want's to play soccer?" said Amy excitedly
"I'll tell you when you can all come back in ok Amy" thought Manic to Amy
Amy nodded
Cream and Vixen jumped happily and ran outside along with Amy, soon to be followed by Sonic and Vanilla. Although not as fast. Tails started to walk outside….but then stopped and turned to Manic
"Aren't you going to come outside and play" asked Tails
Manic just sat there holding Orbin in the bear suit "actually….I had something different in mind for me and you Tails……………. sit down"
Tails came toward Manic and sat down "are you going to help me now?" asked Tails
"Yes I am Tails"
"Oh thank you Manic… thank you….you have no idea how much tis means to me" said Tails happily
"Ok ok Tails….now what I need you to do first is to calm down……just breathe deeply for a little bit"
Tails did as he was told and soon he calmed down…….
"Now…….Orbin….I need you out of the bear suit"
The bear nodded as if he knew what was going on……the bear emitted a bright flash and was soon lifeless…..and floating above it, was Orbin in his original orb like state.
"What are you doing?" asked Tails
"Don't worry about that" said Manic calmly "just follow Orbin"
Orbin gently swayed from side to side, and Tails' eyes followed every one of his movements.
"Now relax" Manic said softly "breathe…..now…………….close your eyes………slowly"
Tails did what he was told and closed his eyes slowly…….then he felt the strangest feeling….it was as if he was being pushed back……………in actual reality………he was falling back all by himself…..his body slumped against the couch…..then fell to one side……….then he fell into a deep hypnotic stance………he was completely at peace………his mind open to all that Manic suggested…………his calm voice telling him to lie down and relax was soothing to Tails' mind……….he did not want anything else but to relax……….and soon…….. …he was lying along the couch……………..he was not asleep…..and yet……….he was not awake either……….he was now in a completely relaxed state of hypnosis……….Manic placed his hand on Tails head……..he was completely still
"Wow" said Manic softly "I still haven't lost my touch have I Orbin?"
the white orb just floated around Manic……………then floated above the limp and lifeless teddy bear…….and in a flash of light……Orbin had once again possessed the bear
"yep" Orbin said softly in his squeaky voice "you still got it…………………you're lucky you met that weird spirit doctor on planet Essna…. Otherwise Tails would still be a wreck."
"yeah…….well….you're lucky you got possessed by that evil spirit thing….otherwise I never would have met that strange spirit doctor guy……then he would have never taught me how to do hypnosis"
"Yeah……I guess" replied Orbin softly
"Ok…..you can tell everyone to come in now…..but tell them to be quiet"
Orbin nodded his small teddy bear head, and scampered outside….and within a few moments he returned along with everyone who was playing soccer……they all gathered around the couch where Tails was lying……….
"Wow…..I've never seen Tails so relaxed………not since before the incident with Cosmo anyway…….what did you do?" asked Sonic
"Hypnosis" said Vanilla, which surprised the others
Manic nodded his head
"What's hypnosis mother?" asked Cream tugging at her dress
Vanilla cleared her throat and spoke softly "hypnosis is a psychophysicological state induced-like sleep. It is an altered state of consciousness, characterized by a heightened sense of suggestibility and weakens critical judgment in which the subject is responsive to suggestions of the inducer, the hypnotist."
All this confused everybody, except for Manic of course.
"Huh?" said Cream
"basically" interrupted Manic " Tails is in a deep sleep….and while he is sleeping….he can hear me………and about the heightened suggestibility…..that just means I could partially control Tails…….just by telling him something to do…………he would more than likely do it."
"Uh…….so you can make him do anything you want him to…just by telling him to do it?" asked Cream
"Yeah…..that's one way of putting it" replied Manic
"So…..what kind of stuff can you make Tails do?"
"Anything really……..from thing certain thoughts to performing certain actions."
"Well that's all good" said Amy butting in "but why did you put Tails in hypnosis anyway?"
"I believe I can answer that Amy" said Vanilla "hypnosis is used for a variety of things….from entertainment purposes…..to therapeutics….."
"Your giving Tails therapy?" asked Sonic
"Kinda….."Said Manic "I better get on with it…….I just need you guys to be quiet ok?"
The rest nodded…..and Manic turned to face Tails who was lying on the couch in a deep trance
"Ok Tails" said Manic in a calm soft voice "sit up"
And without any hesitation, Tails sat up; eyes still closed…..the crowd gasping in amazement
"Now Tails…….can you hear me?...tell me if you can"
"Yes" replied Tails
"Ok……" Manic turned to Cream.. "Cream…..could you get me a pencil please?"
"A pencil…..uh….ok"
And Cream ran upstairs and quickly returned holding a blue pencil, which she handed to Manic
"Ok…now….what I'm going to do is see how suggestible Tails is to my commands" Manic said softly
"Tails……hold out your hand"
And Tails did as Manic said.
"Now…….I have a red hot piece of steel in my hand…..I am going to poke you with it"
"Hot steel?...but it's just a pencil" said Cream confused
Manic lightly touched Tails' hand with the pencil……and as soon as it made contact…..Tails gave a small yelp and pulled his hand away quickly
"What?"...said Amy….what's going on
"Well…..Tails is very suggestible" said Manic
"How did you do that?" asked Amy
"I convinced the pain receptors in Tails brain that the pencil was actually a hot piece of steel."
"Wow…..so Tails is in a really deep state huh?" asked Vixen….who had unusually been silent for a period of time.
"Yep……..now I can do what I was planning"
Manic took a deep breath and calmed himself….and lowered the tone of his voice
"Tails…….I want you to think…………….about Cosmo"
And Tails went deep into thought…….
"Wait for it" said Manic calmly
And then…..tears began to flow from Tails' eyes gently
The others began to look worried.
"Don't worry everyone…….I was expecting this" Manic said to the small crowd
He then turned back to Tails
"Ok….you can stop thinking about her now….wipe the tears from your eyes"
And almost instantly Tails stopped crying……and he wiped away his tears, just as Manic instructed
"now…..listen carefully Tails………..from now on……… ……I want you not to think of the tragic event that constantly enters your mind whenever you think of Cosmo………..but don't forget it……….just don't think about it………….what I want you think about whenever you think about Cosmo………..is all of the fun times you had together……………how she made you feel whenever you were near her………………think how she would have wanted you to live………she would want you to be happy………………..remember the good times………..not the bad times………….but don't forget the bad times……….the bad times will help you remember that you have had many good times……………….think of the good Tails………………think of how Cosmo made you feel……..and think of how Cosmo would want you to feel……………………now………………………...wake up Tails…."
And slowly…..Tails opened his eyes……and looked at Manic as if he never knew he was in hypnosis
"Tails………….how would Cosmo want you to live your life without her?"
"She would want me to be happy………and live my life to it's fullest"
"Very good Tails…………..now sleep"
And instantly…..Tails once again closed his eyes and fell asleep
"Wow" said Cream
"So Tails is all better right?" Asked Sonic worried for his friend
"I can't completely cure his problem Sonic…..he has to do that himself…….all I can do is help by telling him on the right way to do it……but he certainly should feel a lot better now"
"So will Tails fell happy whenever he thinks of Cosmo now?" asked Amy
"He should remember all of the good times he had with her…….so I hope so"
"Um……. Mr.Manic" Cream said softly
"Yes"
"Is Tails going to be happy now?"
"Let's hope so Cream..."
Manic turned his attention to Tails.
"Ok Tails...again...I want you to think of Cosmo"
the slumbering fox wriggled for a moment...the settled...and this time...instead of tears flowing from his eyes like last time...he smiled...not a huge smile or anything...just a small one...small enough to to show that he was happy
the crowd smiled along with Tails...their little friend was felling better
Sonic placed his hand on Manic's shoulder
"Thanks bro...you have no idea how much this means to me"
"No probs man...I'm happy to help."
"I think you should wake Tails up now" said vannila "lunch is almost ready"
"Lunch...great...I'm starving" said Sonic
"But I thought you said you weren't very hungry" said Cream "that's what you said when I talked to you at the lab"
"That was hours ago" said Sonic chuckling
"Well...in that case...I have a table all set up outside" said Vannila
So everyone but Manic, Tails who was sleeping on the couch and Vixen went outside
"Aren't you going outside Vixen?" asked Manic
"In a sec...wake up Tails first"
"Uh...ok..."
Manic turned to Tails
"ok Tails...you can wake up now...on the count of three...you will wake up and no longer be in the hypnotic trance I put you in...1...2...3"
On 3...Tails' eyes slowly fluttered open...Tails sat up...stretched... and gave a loud yawn...
"What happened?" asked Tails
"I'll show you later" said Vixen
"Whaddya mean 'show you later" asked Manic
Vixen just smiled and her eyes gave off a familiar bright flash
"Wait a minute...were...you… recording me?" asked Tails
"Yep" said Vixen
"You can record...everything you see?" asked Manic
"Yep...I can do a lot of things that you don't know about"
"Like what" asked Manic
"You'll find out when the time comes" said Vixen
"Well...I don't know about you guys...but I'm hungry" said Manic rubbing his stomach
"Yeah...come on Tails...Vanilla has set up a place outside for everyone to eat"
so Tails, Manic and Vixen walked outside...and as she said...Vanilla had set up a place for everyone to eat...everyone else had already sat at the large table that Vanilla had placed outside...so Manic, Tails and Vixen joined them……..
Manic stared at the food that was presented before him…..he was almost drooling at the sight of it all…there was food everywhere……….he was about to pig out when he heard a strange sound
"CHAO!"
"What was that?" asked Manic
"Cheese!" said Vixen and Cream in unison and looking rather excited
"What's a Cheese?"
Then Manic felt something soft land on his head…..this startled Manic a little…..but enough to scare him enough to make him fall out of his chair…..Manic landed on the grass with a thud……and he heard that strange sound again
"Chao!"
Manic got himself up and grabbed whatever it was that was clinging to his head………and he finally realised what is was…
"Oh……..Cheese as a Chao" said Manic "and quite a healthy looking one I might add"
"Thank you Mr. Manic" said Cream politely "I look after Cheese very carefully………"
Cheese flew out of Manic's hands and hugged his chest
"Wow….he certainly is a friendly little guy huh?" said Manic amazed
"I told Cheese all about you when I got home……….so he's saying thank you"
"Oh really….in that case then….your welcome Cheese"
"Chao" Cheese replied
"You know….you look really familiar" said Manic
Then Manic remembered the day that he first met Cream……..Orbin had transformed into Cheese and helped Cream fight off Fang Bean and Bark.
"Cheese" called Vanilla….. "I have your lunch over here"
The Chao let go of Manic and flew over to where Vanilla had a small spot on the table for Cheese to eat…it had all sorts of assorted Chao food….from the regular fruit……to the square apples…….Cheese happily munched away on anything that was in it's reach…….which reminded Manic…..his food was ready to be eaten………….Manic dived in and began scoffing into the food……he was happily eating when he heard Amy say
"Um….excuse me Vanilla…..but why are there three empty seats"
"Oh my….I almost forgot……..the chaotix are coming for lunch as well……."
"The chaotix?" said Tails
"Chaotix?" said Manic "you mean that ninja chameleon, the crocodile and that hyperactive bee?"
"They're the ones" said Cream
"Wouldn't they be out doing their detective work or something?" asked Vixen
"Ha…" scoffed Sonic "the last job they had was to find Cream while we were in space"
"I remember that day" said Cream "they put me in the bag and took me to their ship with Cosmo" Cream gasped at what she said and quickly put her hand over her mouth at the word Cosmo, she knew it was going to upset Tails.
But she was wrong, Tails was as happy as ever
Everyone smiled at the sight of the happy fox; it had been a long time since anyone had seen him happy….or this happy at least
"Oh come on" came a gruff voice from behind them "you know it was all a big misunderstanding."
The group turned to see Vector the crocodile, standing a few feet from them
"Ah……Vector…..you finally made it" said Vanilla smiling while greeting her new guest.
"Oh….uh…..yeah…..wouldn't miss it" said Vector stumbling over his words and blushing ever so slightly
Manic leaned over to Sonic who was sitting next to him
"Hey bro" Manic whispered "what's up with Vector?"
"I think he likes Vanilla" answered Sonic
Amy, who was sitting on the other side of Manic heard the conversation and joined in quietly by adding
"You think?...come on Sonic…..everyone knows Vector likes Vanilla………..even Cream does"
"Well………I didn't ok Amy" Sonic retorted quietly
"Um…..what are you guys going on about over there" asked Tails
Sonic and Amy leaned back to their original positions
"Err…nothing" said Sonic
"Um…..yeah…….what Sonic said" said Amy giggling nervously
There was a strange silence……….until Vixen asked a question
"Hey Vector…………..where's the rest of your troop"
"hey yeah" said Tails…….I haven't seen Charmy anywhere…..he'd usually be stuffing his face by now"
"And Espio isn't here either" added Cream
"Ah" said Vector "I can answer that question"
"Ok" said Vixen "where's Espio?"
"With Charmy" answered Vector
"Ok then" said Tails "where's Charmy?"
"A couple of miles down the road………….stuck"
"Stuck?" said Vanilla
"In a tree…..well…..at least his stinger is"
"Is he ok" asked Cream
"He's asked Cream
"He's perfectly fine…..Espio is helping him get out……….the only one's who won't be ok are those three idiots who attacked us"
"You were attacked?" asked Sonic
"Yeah……and by the same guys from last time"
"Same guys?" said Sonic confused "what same guys?"
Manic interrupted the conversation
"Would that happen to be Fang, Bean and Bark?"
"Yep…..they're the ones"
Tails and Amy gasped, Sonic however looked confused
"Who are Fang, Bean and Bark?" Sonic asked
"Come on Sonic" said Tails as if that was one of the top 10 dumbest questions he ever asked"
"What…..so I've seen 'em before?"
"Seen 'em…….you fought them……..all three of them in fact…….and you have met Fang on more than one occasion"
"Uh……"
"Oh for goodness sake" said Amy looking rather pissed off at Sonic's stupidity "don't you remember the Champion Fighter's tournament that we held……..so that the winner would stop Eggman on his death egg 2?"
"Um……"
"Come on Sonic….I was there……..remember….the magic carpet ride?" asked Amy
"The cruise ship?" added Tails
"Uh……….."
"How about the mushroom forest?" came a new voice from behind them?
Everyone turned around to see Espio…….and along side of him was a rather grumpy looking bumble bee…….with a large chunk of wood attached to his stinger…..Cream, Orbin and Vixen saw this…..and couldn't help it……..they started to laugh……….which made Charmy even more grumpy
Cream managed to stop laughing……..
"Come over here Charmy……..me and Vixen will help you get that wood off"
Charmy stumbled over towards Cream and Vixen who proceeded to try and remove and the wood
"Well" asked Espio "do you remember fighting me at the mushroom forest?"
Sonic thought long and hard for a few moments
"Wait a minute!" said Sonic "it was the one with the fake chaos emerald…….there was two purple ones"
"Hey…………yeah….that's the one" said Amy "so you remember who they are now?"
"That huge polar bear?" said Sonic
"That would be Bark "said Tails
"Uh…….a psychotic green duck who plays with explosives?"
"Bean" said Manic
"And………..that weasel……………with the air bike………..and that gun………he tried to steal all of the chaos emeralds years ago……..so I had to get 'em before he did…………then use their power to stop Eggman…..again"
"That's Fang" said Amy with great loathing in her voice "he attacked me and Manic a few days ago with a bunch of Eggman's robots"
"They're working for Eggman now?...that's not good" said Sonic
"Yeah……they said something about getting revenge……and something to do with some Orbin thing" said Vector
"That would be me" said Orbin in his squeaky voice
"yeah…..they've seen how powerful Orbin can be……..so they always try and steal him from me…….but they can't……….unless I'm dead…………don't ask me why……some bonding thing……….so they are always attempting to get rid of me………..and now that they have teamed up with Egghead…..it's just going to make things a lot harder for me"
Then the group heard a loud explosion…….followed by a "WOOOOO"
"It's Bean" said Amy
"No it wasn't" said Espio "it was Charmy"
Everyone turned to se what Espio was looking at……….Charmy was free from the wood….and was doing loop the loops in the air………Cream was doing the same…..and Vixen was standing there with her arm configured into what seemed to be some sort of cannon
"I don't even wanna know what just happened" said Tails
Manic sighed…. "I thought that was Bean for a moment there…..god I hate him…….and the rest of those idiots"
"Speaking of those idiots…..look who decided to have lunch with us" said Sonic
"What?no……….you're joking right?" said Manic
"Nope…..look" said Sonic pointing
Everyone looked to where Sonic was pointing……..and there standing…….was Fang, Bean and the enormous Bark……….who looked rather pissed off…..
"That's the second time you called us idiots" yelled Bark "I'm gunna make sure you hurt badly for that?"
Sonic, Manic and then Tails stood up and walked toward the evil trio
"Give us 5 minutes" said Sonic confidently "we'll be back eating lunch in no time"
"Not so fast" said Fang……..this time we bought us some reinforcements"
Then a small troop of various Eggman robots teleported in front of the evil trio
"Better make that 10 minutes Sonic" said Tails
"Well….what is we waiting for" said Vector stepping up besides Manic, shortly followed by Espio "they're ruining Vanilla's lunch"
"Charge!" yelled Fang to the Eggman robots, and they did just that….right towards the group of good guys
"Right…….let's party!" yelled Sonic and Manic in unison
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Author's Notes: I've actually been reading a book on hypnotism you know…………it's great……I'm learning how to hypnotise other people……..I haven't tried it yet……but I'm hoping to soon………………..apart from that………….I got a laptop……….so you might get updates a lot quicker now………………or maybe not……………oh……and it's my birthday on the 29th of September…….so say happy birthday to me ok………….just joking……..no need to do that…………..you would not believe how annoying this chapter is…..was…….whatever………it took forever……….as it is…………while I'm writing this……….it's 12:16…..am……….and I got school in 9 hours………..now that's dedication………..well……….I don't have much else to say here………….cept that I'm gunna get hammered on my birthday……I'm gunna be 18…..so I can legally do that now………………isn't life great……………..well……….as I would normally say around now………………..SEE YA NEXT CHAPTER……..TKW